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15,435 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Tbilisi (Georgia), plane crash in the Philippines and a disaster in Arakapas. Georgia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada →
Part of lifeHealth 45 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCyprus 80 in 100 of its 69 stories, usually 31
RegionCentral Asia 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

38 of its 61 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tbilisi accounted for 37 of Georgia's 38 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. 36 of Tbilisi's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Georgia over 30 days → its stories → Tbilisi stories →
Health

Philippines

373 of its 667 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Philippine accounted for 177 of the Philippines' 373 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Plane crash was named in 63 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (119 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 51 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Thailand

120 of its 251 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Bangkok accounted for 91 of Thailand's 120 stories about harm, carried by 283 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

75 of its 102 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Building collapse was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with storm surge and tornadoes.

its stories →
Health

Norway

37 of its 99 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Italy

137 of its 461 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Illness was named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Health

Indonesia

82 of its 156 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

23 of its 44 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 6 of Caracas' 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in Italy (61 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Azerbaijan (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Japan (50 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in Canada (88 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in Cuba (19 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 Jul. 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 15,435 stories about harm among 63,058 counted on 5 Jul.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. of the day's 63,058 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. Azerbaijan's news mentioned volcanic eruption more than ten times as often as usual. On 5 July 2020, a year earlier, the share was 34 in every 100, against 24 today. In Georgia, 62% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cyprus80 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Cuba74 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Georgia62 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan62 in 100 of its 347 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia56 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 46 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Mumbai India73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155 Washington US60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 387 Kaduna Nigeria38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 119 Tbilisi Georgia36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 37 London UK33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 286

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: 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 lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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 lessAksai Chin: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualGeorgia: warmth about its own usualTbilisi, Georgia -- rights & justice: 37 stories, carried by 60 outletsGeorgia, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 107 outletsLake District, UK -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsCauseway Bay, Hong Kong -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 17 outletsColorado, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 84 outletsBagram, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 45 stories, carried by 138 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 23 stories, carried by 35 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 25 stories, carried by 17 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

● Tbilisi Georgia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 37 stories ● Georgia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Lake District UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Causeway Bay Hong Kong about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health45% 6,845 stories · about as usual Rights & justice18% 2,664 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents17% 2,620 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Conflict & violence9% 1,389 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 716 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 337 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 324 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 316 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 killed4,281 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,705 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests1,121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,020 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations308 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions178 at about twice the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced91 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill17 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 harsher than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.