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22,551 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to people killed in Iraq, illness in Ho Chi Minh City and protests in Kherrata (Algeria). Iraq's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostIraq 68 in 100 of its 106 stories, usually 44
RegionSoutheast Asia 47 in 100 of its stories, usually 41
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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Conflict & violence

Iraq

72 of its 106 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Illness was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Egypt

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Syria

67 of its 96 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Sweden

48 of its 134 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Philippines

330 of its 621 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Philippine accounted for 126 of the Philippines' 330 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Typhoon was named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with tropical storm, storms and flooding.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

146 of its 280 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 610 of Afghanistan's 900 stories about harm, carried by 803 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Uganda

52 of its 95 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (42 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); nipah virus in India (98 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Nigeria (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in China (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).

28 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 27; 28 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 22,551 stories about harm among 79,661 counted on 7 Sep.

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In the Philippines' news, mentions of the typhoon ran about 8 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 28 in every 100 of the day's 79,661 stories, above the usual 27. Iraq's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 44%. On 7 September 2020, a year earlier, the share was 29 in every 100, against 28 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria70 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq68 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba64 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 47 · mostly health Vietnam62 in 100 of its 241 stories · usually 45 · mostly health Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 1,522 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kabul Afghanistan173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 610 Washington US88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 743 Haryana India42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 44 Chicago US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168 Panjshir Afghanistan28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83

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: 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 readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: 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: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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 lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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): 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualChad: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualHenan, China -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 19 outletsGritman Medical Center, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 15 outletsBoise, US -- health: 30 stories, carried by 140 outletsDoha, Qatar -- displacement: 29 stories, carried by 43 outletsBerkshire, UK -- health: 24 stories, carried by 75 outletsNorthern Ireland, UK -- health: 137 stories, carried by 232 outletsPerth, Australia -- health: 17 stories, carried by 23 outletsAdelaide, Australia -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 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

● Henan China about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Gritman Medical Center US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Boise US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 30 stories ● Doha Qatar about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 29 stories ● Berkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 24 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 12,697 stories · much more than usual (usually 50%) Rights & justice13% 3,000 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 2,443 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 2,030 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 737 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 642 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 444 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 383 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 killed4,800 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,772 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,352 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured892 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations465 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting refugees200 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting abductions121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced97 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill21 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
● 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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