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19,648 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Tripoli, people affected in the Dominican Republic and protests in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). Libya's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLibya 86 in 100 of its 122 stories, usually 33
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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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Conflict & violence

Libya

105 of its 122 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tripoli accounted for 103 of Libya's 105 stories about harm, carried by 213 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Senegal

19 of its 33 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Cape Verde

9 of its 11 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Health

New Zealand

229 of its 790 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Singapore

68 of its 312 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories).

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Rights & justice

Haiti

26 of its 47 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

Brazil

58 of its 284 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 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: typhoon in Japan (43 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Azerbaijan (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Netherlands (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); food poisoning in Iceland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Vietnam (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 19,648 stories about harm among 109,591 counted on 16 Aug.

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In Libya, 86% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 109,591 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 16 August 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya86 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 33 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan72 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 71 · mostly displacement North Korea68 in 100 of its 211 stories · usually 27 · mostly rights & justice Myanmar61 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 52 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine52 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 692 Jaranwala Pakistan56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84 Hollywood US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199 San Francisco US24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154 Harare Zimbabwe24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 33

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Venezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCape Verde: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 214 stories about harm ● New Zealand about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 229 stories about harm ● Sweden about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as angry as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Lebanon few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Niger about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 88 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,622 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 4,392 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 4,079 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,841 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 1,195 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 833 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 778 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 520 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 killed4,661 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,377 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,995 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,028 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Libya Stories reporting evacuations353 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced259 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting refugees170 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions119 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about half 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 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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