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16,372 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to illness in Gueckedou, the drought in Algeria and violence in Darfur. Algeria's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and China →
Part of lifeHealth 51 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostAlgeria 84 in 100 of its 124 stories, usually 34
RegionSoutheast Asia 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

Guinea

26 of its 29 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Gueckedou accounted for 17 of Guinea's 26 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Ebola was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with haemorrhagic fever. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Gueckedou stories →
Disasters & accidents

Algeria

104 of its 124 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (11 stories). Drought was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

46 of its 61 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Darfur accounted for 25 of Sudan's 46 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Protests & strikes

Thailand

Bangkok accounted for 43 of Thailand's 79 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. 26 of Bangkok's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (17 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Ethiopia

67 of its 104 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tigray accounted for 60 of Ethiopia's 67 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

89 of its 150 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tehran accounted for 45 of Iran's 89 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

101 of its 219 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Drought was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

11 of Yangon's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Dominican Republic

48 of its 53 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Flooding was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with landslides and heavy rain.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

78 of its 348 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Dominican Republic (17 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); flooding in Türkiye (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in Cuba (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Ethiopia (10 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 11 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 16,372 stories about harm among 69,116 counted on 11 Aug.

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In Guinea, 90% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 69,116 stories, as usual. Mentions of Ebola ran more than ten times their usual in Guinea's news. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and China. On 11 August 2020, a year earlier, the share was 29 in every 100, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Dominican Republic91 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 29 · mostly disasters & accidents Algeria84 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan75 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan65 in 100 of its 594 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia64 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 627 Delhi India55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 139 London UK38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258 Bangkok Thailand26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 43 Moscow Russia21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-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: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 lessRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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 readSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArizona, US -- rights & justice: 33 stories, carried by 18 outletsSurabaya, Indonesia -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsColchester, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsBottlerock, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 16 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 11 outletsLusaka, Zambia -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 15 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 30 stories, carried by 14 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

● Czechia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Arizona US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 33 stories ● Surabaya Indonesia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Colchester UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Bottlerock US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health51% 8,333 stories · more than usual (usually 49%) Rights & justice17% 2,731 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,216 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,216 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 585 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 446 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 432 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 246 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 killed3,639 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,320 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,248 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured956 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations116 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting abductions77 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill36 at about twice 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 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.