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20,604 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to illness in Hanoi, flooding in Bangladesh and protests in Cape Town (South Africa). South Africa's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNorway 40 in 100 of its 154 stories, usually 13
RegionSoutheast Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Health

Vietnam

389 of its 1,089 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Hanoi accounted for 225 of Vietnam's 389 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (92 stories). Dengue was named in 64 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Hanoi stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

110 of its 238 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dhaka accounted for 53 of Bangladesh's 110 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Flooding was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with landslides.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Protests & strikes

South Africa

218 of its 688 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 61 of Cape Town's 78 stories were about protests or strikes. Overdoses were named in 34 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.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories → Cape Town stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

29 of its 39 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Italy

175 of its 726 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (9 stories). Drownings were named in 13 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.

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Disasters & accidents

Norway

62 of its 154 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Flooding was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with landslides, heavy rain and storms.

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

37 of its 100 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 9 of Minsk's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Portugal

47 of its 165 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Wildfires were named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms and heatwave.

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Disasters & accidents

Tunisia

28 of its 48 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Sfax accounted for 18 of Tunisia's 28 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 52 of Sudan's 92 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Cholera was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Norway (44 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); typhoon in South Korea (59 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in Portugal (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Azerbaijan (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Sudan (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 20,604 stories about harm among 113,601 counted on 9 Aug.

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Mentions of flooding ran about 8 times their usual in Norway's news. of the day's 113,601 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 9 August 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today. Vietnam's news was 36% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan77 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 72 · mostly health Syria66 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia58 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 33 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine57 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan49 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 417 Cape Town South Africa61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78 Los Angeles US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232 Manipur India42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147 Delhi India29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readTimor-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 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 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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: 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 lessIreland: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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: 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 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: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook 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: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualNashville, US -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 20 outletsTennessee, US -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 42 outletsBelem, Brazil -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 45 outletsOkanagan, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 43 outletsHarare, Zimbabwe -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 38 outletsPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 47 outletsCalgary, Canada -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 14 outletsBab al-Hawa, Syria -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 42 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Nashville US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Tennessee US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 28 stories ● Belem Brazil about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 21 stories ● Okanagan Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories ● Harare Zimbabwe about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 24 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 6,300 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice22% 4,427 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 4,048 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 2,084 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 993 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 902 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 846 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 587 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 killed4,625 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,945 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,035 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations565 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting refugees240 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced211 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions146 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill35 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Australia and South Korea

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.