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23,624 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Ayia Napa (Cyprus), violence in Kabul and arrests in Germany. Afghanistan's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 61 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostTrinidad & Tobago 62 in 100 of its 160 stories, usually 43
RegionEurope 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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

Cyprus

27 of its 46 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 10 of Ayia Napa's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Cyprus over 30 days → its stories → Ayia Napa stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 295 of Afghanistan's 485 stories about harm, carried by 482 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (50 stories). Covid was named in 69 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Health

Germany

184 of its 581 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

France

281 of its 875 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

5 of Caracas' 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests 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.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

19 of its 32 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Guyana

13 of its 28 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Health

Tunisia

30 of its 51 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tunis accounted for 22 of Tunisia's 30 stories about harm, carried by 6 outlets.

its stories →
Health

Israel

142 of its 243 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Jerusalem accounted for 62 of Israel's 142 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Chile (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Guinea (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in China (69 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Russia (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); measles in US (101 of its stories, about three times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 29; 27 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 23,624 stories about harm among 86,821 counted on 16 Sep.

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In Cyprus, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 86,821 stories, below the usual 29. Mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual in Chile's news. A year earlier, on 16 September 2020, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti65 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 70 · mostly disasters & accidents Trinidad & Tobago62 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 43 · mostly health Iraq59 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia59 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 45 · mostly health Israel58 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 50 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1018 Kabul Afghanistan56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 295 London UK51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 393 Moscow Russia38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111 Delhi India31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 249

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: no storiesTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: no storiesOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: no storiesNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCroatia: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: no storiesNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesNorfolk Island: near the world's share or lessSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 38 in 100 of its 182 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Yemen: 68 in 100 of its 34 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Vietnam: 47 in 100 of its 158 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Venezuela: 44 in 100 of its 61 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Uganda: 41 in 100 of its 81 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Tunisia: 59 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Trinidad & Tobago: 62 in 100 of its 160 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Thailand: 40 in 100 of its 179 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Syria: 48 in 100 of its 58 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)South Sudan: 57 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Sudan: 49 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Sri Lanka: 52 in 100 of its 134 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)South Africa: 35 in 100 of its 826 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Somalia: 50 in 100 of its 36 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Slovakia: 56 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Rwanda: 54 in 100 of its 39 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Philippines: 52 in 100 of its 703 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Pakistan: 41 in 100 of its 516 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Niger: 61 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Mali: 59 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Malaysia: 43 in 100 of its 286 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Malawi: 42 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Jamaica: 46 in 100 of its 140 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Israel: 58 in 100 of its 243 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Palestine: 48 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Iraq: 59 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Iran: 45 in 100 of its 133 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Haiti: 65 in 100 of its 82 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Guyana: 46 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Ethiopia: 44 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Faroe Islands: 71 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Cyprus: 59 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Cuba: 42 in 100 of its 80 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Côte d’Ivoire: 70 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Canada: 36 in 100 of its 2,441 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Cameroon: 46 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Cambodia: 58 in 100 of its 43 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Myanmar: 51 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Burundi: 89 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Burkina Faso: 100 in 100 of its 6 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Benin: 62 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Belize: 54 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Barbados: 46 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Bangladesh: 39 in 100 of its 140 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Bahamas: 43 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Antigua & Barbuda: 100 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Algeria: 50 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Afghanistan: 55 in 100 of its 887 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Kashmir: 38 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Palestine: 48 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Palestine: 48 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Kashmir: 38 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Kashmir: 38 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Palestine: 48 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Kashmir: 38 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Macao: 58 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 27 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Trinidad & Tobago 62 in 100 of its 160 stories · mostly health ● Afghanistan 55 in 100 of its 887 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Israel 58 in 100 of its 243 stories · mostly health ● Haiti 65 in 100 of its 82 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Philippines 52 in 100 of its 703 stories · mostly health ● Sri Lanka 52 in 100 of its 134 stories · mostly health

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health61% 14,314 stories · much more than usual (usually 51%) Rights & justice14% 3,394 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,802 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Conflict & violence8% 1,792 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 616 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 588 stories · less than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services2% 477 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 435 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 killed4,618 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected1,611 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting arrests1,450 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured935 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting refugees304 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations149 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting abductions141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill35 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Russia and the US

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.

● Angera little less than 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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