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17,001 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to rights and justice in Colombo and people injured in Canada and Vietnam. Sri Lanka's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBermuda 59 in 100 of its 88 stories, usually 22
RegionCentral Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

57 of its 145 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Colombo accounted for 34 of Sri Lanka's 57 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Health

Canada

601 of its 2,117 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (173 stories). Avalanche was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Canada over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

103 of its 239 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mozambique

14 of its 21 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

South Sudan

20 of its 23 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Czechia

25 of its 67 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Hong Kong

51 of its 119 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Uganda

Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Landslides were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Somalia

Mogadishu accounted for 28 of Somalia's 47 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Hunger was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 26 of Syria's 46 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hunger in Somalia (35 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in South Korea (45 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in Bermuda (27 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in China (101 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Uganda (18 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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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 17,001 stories about harm among 82,796 counted on 7 Sep.

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21 in every 100 of the day's 82,796 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 7 September 2021, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia80 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 77 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine62 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Bermuda59 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 22 · mostly disasters & accidents Ethiopia51 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan50 in 100 of its 719 stories · usually 51 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 564 London UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 252 Philadelphia US25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98 New Delhi India18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Chicago US18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125

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 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: 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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 readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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 lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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 readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readIndia: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 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 lessAustralia: 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 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): 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualLatvia: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualAbyan, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsIdaho, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsMaine, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsNorthern Ireland, UK -- food & livelihood: 75 stories, carried by 193 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 21 stories, carried by 12 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 36 stories, carried by 143 outletsVancouver, Canada -- health: 31 stories, carried by 34 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 14 stories, carried by 15 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

● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Abyan Yemen about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Idaho US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Northern Ireland UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 75 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health40% 6,647 stories · more than usual (usually 37%) Rights & justice19% 3,138 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,759 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,531 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,141 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 687 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 615 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 268 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 killed3,609 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,570 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,500 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured862 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced188 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations137 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting refugees135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions131 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Central African Republic

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 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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