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16,475 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Minsk (Belarus), illness in Kampala and poisoning in Russia. Russia's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 55 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBelarus 50 in 100 of its 151 stories, usually 27
RegionOceania 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

76 of its 151 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Minsk accounted for 54 of Belarus' 76 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. 35 of Minsk's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Health

Uganda

56 of its 101 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kampala accounted for 29 of Uganda's 56 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

172 of its 518 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Poisoning was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 479 of Afghanistan's 858 stories about harm, carried by 545 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

New Zealand

249 of its 540 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

45 of its 67 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories).

its stories →
Health

Philippines

313 of its 587 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Cyclone was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with storms and tropical storm.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

53 of its 96 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Lithuania

13 of its 25 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: nipah virus in India (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Philippines (21 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); oil spill in US (65 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

28 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 27; 30 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 16,475 stories about harm among 58,596 counted on 6 Sep.

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28 in every 100 of the day's 58,596 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 27. A year earlier, on 6 September 2020, 31 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 28 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine67 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 1,467 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Vietnam58 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 45 · mostly health Uganda55 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 39 · mostly health Iraq55 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kabul Afghanistan92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 479 Conakry Guinea46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138 Washington US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 405 Chicago US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 100 Minsk Belarus35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 54

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: too little coverage to readUganda: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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 readOman: 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: 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: 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 lessJamaica: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: too little coverage to readGermany: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessAksai Chin: 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: too little coverage to readAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUK: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualDeauville, France -- health: 15 stories, carried by 22 outletsEnglish Channel, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsMaine, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsWisconsin, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 26 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 37 stories, carried by 21 outletsIslamabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 80 stories, carried by 45 outletsDublin, Ireland -- health: 51 stories, carried by 150 outletsGilboa, Israel -- conflict & violence: 70 stories, carried by 117 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

● Pakistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Deauville France about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● English Channel UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Wisconsin US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 37 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health55% 8,973 stories · more than usual (usually 50%) Rights & justice13% 2,122 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,794 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,683 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Displacement4% 605 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 510 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 334 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 324 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 killed3,731 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,361 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests990 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured665 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations350 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting refugees150 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions140 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced75 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 softer 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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