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15,665 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Tbilisi (Georgia), violence in Kabul and people injured in Nigeria. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Mexico and the US → Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India →
Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGeorgia 74 in 100 of its 138 stories, usually 40
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

102 of its 138 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tbilisi accounted for 100 of Georgia's 102 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. 93 of Tbilisi's 100 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Georgia over 30 days → its stories → Tbilisi stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

177 of its 261 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kabul accounted for 103 of Afghanistan's 177 stories about harm, carried by 357 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

344 of its 1,243 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (52 stories). Accidents were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Ghana

106 of its 330 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Ukraine

276 of its 733 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (96 stories). Power cuts were named in 69 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

326 of its 698 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tel Aviv accounted for 210 of Israel's 326 stories about harm, carried by 361 outlets. 107 of Tel Aviv's 210 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

33 of its 72 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Burundi

7 of its 7 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 3 of Gitega's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Tunisia

35 of its 56 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tunis accounted for 25 of Tunisia's 35 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories).

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Rights & justice

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 52 of Bangladesh's 79 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ukraine (69 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in Indonesia (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); illness in New Zealand (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in UK (103 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); snowstorms in Ireland (11 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 Mar. 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 15,665 stories about harm among 77,462 counted on 9 Mar.

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Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Mexico and the US. of the day's 77,462 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Georgia for the second day running. Mentions of power cuts ran about 8 times their usual in Ukraine's news. In Georgia, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 40% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Georgia74 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice Palestine73 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 261 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia62 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Syria59 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tel Aviv Israel107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 210 Washington US105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 528 Tbilisi Georgia93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 100 Lahore Pakistan32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 67 Athens Greece31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 38

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: 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: 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: 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 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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 readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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: too little coverage to readMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: 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 lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualMinnesota, US -- health: 26 stories, carried by 30 outletsMissouri, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 14 stories, carried by 21 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsBerkshire, UK -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 38 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 21 stories, carried by 11 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

● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Minnesota US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 26 stories ● Missouri US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Brussels Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 4,937 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 4,036 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents16% 2,551 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence11% 1,708 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 748 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 685 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 563 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 250 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 killed3,671 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,679 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,404 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured956 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions271 at about twice the usual rate · most about Mexico and the US Stories reporting evacuations137 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced110 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting refugees110 at about half the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people falling ill33 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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