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21,461 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Bogota (Colombia), violence in Jerusalem and wildfires in Spain drew the news. Colombia's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 53 in 100 of its 236 stories, usually 31
RegionEurope 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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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Protests & strikes

Colombia

28 of its 52 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 5 of Bogota's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

302 of its 536 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Jerusalem accounted for 120 of Israel's 302 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Disasters & accidents

Spain

103 of its 393 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Wildfires were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms.

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

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 420 of Afghanistan's 627 stories about harm, carried by 518 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Drought was named in 71 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with covid, hunger and measles. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

125 of its 236 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests 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.

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Protests & strikes

Honduras

7 of its 8 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 3 of Guapinol's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Peru

27 of its 54 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Malaysia

167 of its 344 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 93 of Malaysia's 167 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

44 of its 82 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in North Korea (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Denmark (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Italy (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Afghanistan (71 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); typhoon in China (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

28 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 21,461 stories about harm among 77,481 counted on 13 Sep.

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In North Korea's news, mentions of flooding ran about 5 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 28 in every 100 of the day's 77,481 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 13 September 2020, 30 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 28 today. In Colombia, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 39% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia57 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Israel56 in 100 of its 536 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan55 in 100 of its 1,140 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Vietnam54 in 100 of its 197 stories · usually 49 · mostly health Colombia54 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 39 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 916 Kabul Afghanistan82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 420 Toronto Canada63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147 London UK59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 403 Texas US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 214

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: 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 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: 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: 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 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: 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 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 readSaudi 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 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: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readHong 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: too little coverage to readGaza: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSlovakia: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMongolia: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualRaleigh, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsConwy, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -- health: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsKogi State, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- health: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsMaine, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 22 outletsKogi, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 39 stories, carried by 32 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 52 stories, carried by 108 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

● Raleigh US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Conwy UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Kogi State Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 12,174 stories · much more than usual (usually 50%) Rights & justice14% 2,901 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 2,311 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,987 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 597 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 521 stories · less than usual (usually 5%) Shelter & services2% 380 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 373 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 killed4,446 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,561 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests1,308 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured912 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting evacuations265 at about half the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting refugees177 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting people displaced156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and St Vincent

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.