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13,344 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to a disaster in Islamabad, protests in Ikongo (Madagascar) and violence in Tripoli. Libya's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPakistan 65 in 100 of its 1,000 stories, usually 40
RegionSouth Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

652 of its 1,000 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Islamabad accounted for 202 of Pakistan's 652 stories about harm, carried by 189 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (38 stories). Storms were named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with wildfires and heatwave.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Protests & strikes

Madagascar

10 of its 14 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 7 of Ikongo's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Madagascar over 30 days → its stories → Ikongo stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

69 of its 181 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Earthquake was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with tsunami.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 92 of Iraq's 118 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. 78 of Baghdad's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories).

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Health

Netherlands

53 of its 185 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories).

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Health

Ireland

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Greenland

Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). 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: earthquake in Indonesia (26 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); covid in Türkiye (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Somalia (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Greenland (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); road crashes in France (29 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
24 in 10020 in 10031 Jul7 Aug14 Aug21 Aug29 Aug31 Jul: 23 in 1001 Aug: 21 in 1002 Aug: 21 in 1003 Aug: 20 in 1004 Aug: 21 in 1005 Aug: 22 in 1006 Aug: 23 in 1007 Aug: 24 in 1008 Aug: 22 in 1009 Aug: 21 in 10010 Aug: 21 in 10011 Aug: 21 in 10012 Aug: 22 in 10013 Aug: 23 in 10014 Aug: 23 in 10015 Aug: 22 in 10016 Aug: 21 in 10017 Aug: 21 in 10018 Aug: 21 in 10019 Aug: 22 in 10020 Aug: 23 in 10021 Aug: 23 in 10022 Aug: 22 in 10023 Aug: 21 in 10024 Aug: 20 in 10025 Aug: 21 in 10026 Aug: 20 in 10027 Aug: 21 in 10028 Aug: 21 in 10029 Aug: 20 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 Aug. 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 13,344 stories about harm among 65,921 counted on 29 Aug.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 21 February 2020. of the day's 65,921 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. the news turned to Pakistan for the sixth day running. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 8 times their usual in Indonesia's news. A year earlier, on 29 August 2021, 34 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya71 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan66 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan65 in 100 of its 1,000 stories · usually 40 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine59 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia59 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 37 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 367 Baghdad Iraq78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 92 Delhi India26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 139 London UK25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146 San Francisco US16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 75

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: no storiesUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: no storiesU.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 lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: 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 lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: 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 lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: 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: near the world's share or lessOman: 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 lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: 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: no storiesMontenegro: 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 lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: 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 lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: 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: no storiesFrench 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: no storiesEl 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: no storiesFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: 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: near the world's share or lessColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: 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 lessCanada: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: 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 lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: no storiesBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: 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 lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessJammu & Kashmir: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: no storiesTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: no storiesJersey: 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: no storiesMonaco: 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 storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 73 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Ukraine: 38 in 100 of its 727 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Türkiye: 32 in 100 of its 174 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Tunisia: 34 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Trinidad & Tobago: 34 in 100 of its 67 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Syria: 40 in 100 of its 57 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Sweden: 34 in 100 of its 109 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Sudan: 70 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)South Africa: 27 in 100 of its 728 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Somalia: 68 in 100 of its 34 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Sierra Leone: 79 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Rwanda: 39 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Philippines: 36 in 100 of its 432 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Pakistan: 65 in 100 of its 1,000 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Netherlands: 29 in 100 of its 185 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Mongolia: 41 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Mali: 56 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Madagascar: 71 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)North Macedonia: 62 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Libya: 71 in 100 of its 94 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Liberia: 36 in 100 of its 50 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Lebanon: 45 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Laos: 44 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Kyrgyzstan: 41 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Israel: 31 in 100 of its 319 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Palestine: 59 in 100 of its 54 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Iraq: 46 in 100 of its 254 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Iran: 30 in 100 of its 238 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Indonesia: 38 in 100 of its 181 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Iceland: 41 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Haiti: 57 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Ethiopia: 43 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Greenland: 40 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Cuba: 41 in 100 of its 34 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Hong Kong: 29 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Cameroon: 57 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Cambodia: 59 in 100 of its 66 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Myanmar: 67 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Botswana: 47 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Bosnia: 56 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Bangladesh: 28 in 100 of its 164 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Bahamas: 42 in 100 of its 36 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Afghanistan: 66 in 100 of its 204 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Palestine: 59 in 100 of its 54 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Palestine: 59 in 100 of its 54 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Ukraine: 38 in 100 of its 727 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Palestine: 59 in 100 of its 54 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)
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 20 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

● Pakistan 65 in 100 of its 1,000 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Afghanistan 66 in 100 of its 204 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Libya 71 in 100 of its 94 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Cambodia 59 in 100 of its 66 stories · mostly health ● Iraq 46 in 100 of its 254 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 59 in 100 of its 54 stories · mostly conflict & violence

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

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 4,855 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 2,452 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 2,370 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence11% 1,386 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 858 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 595 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 440 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 243 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 killed3,240 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,401 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,086 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured939 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced144 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Pakistan and Ukraine Stories reporting evacuations125 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions104 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees91 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK 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 about as 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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