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11,559 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The cyclone in Oman, illness in Milan and protests in Bucharest (Romania) drew the news. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 52 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostOman 86 in 100 of its 113 stories, usually 30
RegionCentral Asia 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Oman

97 of its 113 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Cyclone was named in 88 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with flooding, tropical storm and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Oman over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Italy

128 of its 327 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Milan accounted for 73 of Italy's 128 stories about harm, carried by 270 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (75 stories). Plane crash was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Milan stories →
Protests & strikes

Romania

26 of its 48 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 9 of Bucharest's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

311 of its 481 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 236 of Afghanistan's 311 stories about harm, carried by 475 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Russia

99 of its 263 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Outbreaks were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Libya

37 of its 77 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Tripoli accounted for 24 of Libya's 37 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Mali

25 of its 31 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Honduras

17 of its 22 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Guanaja accounted for 13 of Honduras' 17 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Rights & justice

Ecuador

22 of its 25 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Guayaquil accounted for 17 of Ecuador's 22 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Singapore

49 of its 105 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in United Arab Emirates (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Russia (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); oil spill in US (49 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 28; 26 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Oct. 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 11,559 stories about harm among 45,074 counted on 3 Oct.

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Oman's news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%. On 3 October 2020, a year earlier, the share was 29 in every 100, against 26 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 45,074 stories, below the usual 28. This week the news turned most often to Afghanistan, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Oman86 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 30 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan65 in 100 of its 481 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Syria64 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Fiji60 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 40 · mostly health Vietnam55 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 52 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 368 London UK34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 234 Kabul Afghanistan31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236 Texas US26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 70 Banbirpur India25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 25

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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: 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: 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 lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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 readTunisia: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHawaii, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsFairbanks, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 139 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 13 outletsQuebec, Canada -- health: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsOttawa, Canada -- health: 22 stories, carried by 22 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 15 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 13 outletsManchester, UK -- health: 132 stories, carried by 214 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

● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Hawaii US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Fairbanks US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Quebec Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Ottawa Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health52% 5,918 stories · much less than usual (usually 57%) Rights & justice19% 2,139 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,185 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,168 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 383 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 258 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 212 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 200 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 killed2,900 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,004 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected832 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured680 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced92 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting abductions91 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations80 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill6 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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.