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24,976 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Yangon (Myanmar), violence in Jammu and the avalanche in Indonesia. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 51 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostKashmir 54 in 100 of its 218 stories, usually 35
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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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 40 of Myanmar's 85 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. 37 of Yangon's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Natural hazards were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

117 of its 218 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jammu accounted for 70 of Kashmir's 117 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Avalanche was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Algeria

35 of its 49 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 11 of Algiers' 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Gabon

8 of its 14 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 8 of Libreville's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

41 of its 86 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 22 of Minsk's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

24 of its 37 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three 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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Protests & strikes

Spain

21 of Barcelona's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

Marib accounted for 27 of Yemen's 45 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in US (1267 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Mexico (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (16 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 19 Feb. 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 24,976 stories about harm among 96,035 counted on 19 Feb.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 96,035 stories, as usual. On 20 February 2020, 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 →

Guinea69 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 68 · mostly health Myanmar65 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Yemen64 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq56 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir54 in 100 of its 218 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1227 Delhi India154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340 Houston US59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 654 San Francisco US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130 Chicago US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 239

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualYemen: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualColorado, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 24 outletsOregon, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 16 outletsLake District, UK -- health: 29 stories, carried by 17 outletsCumbria, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 63 outletsMunich, Germany -- health: 28 stories, carried by 97 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 29 outletsKagara, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 44 stories, carried by 29 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 28 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Lake District UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 29 stories ● Cumbria UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Munich Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health51% 12,547 stories · less than usual (usually 55%) Rights & justice17% 4,278 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 2,973 stories · about as usual Shelter & services7% 1,843 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Conflict & violence7% 1,614 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 832 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 452 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 228 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 killed5,990 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,714 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,705 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,048 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees157 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions150 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations56 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill26 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 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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