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21,013 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to rights and justice in Port-au-Prince, violence in Tripoli and a disaster in Dakar. Senegal's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLibya 74 in 100 of its 85 stories, usually 41
RegionSoutheast Asia 27 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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Rights & justice

Haiti

31 of its 50 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 23 of Haiti's 31 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Cholera was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

63 of its 85 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tripoli accounted for 59 of Libya's 63 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Disasters & accidents

Senegal

56 of its 76 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Dakar accounted for 45 of Senegal's 56 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

355 of its 877 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 116 of Jaranwala's 174 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (158 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Jaranwala stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

149 of its 418 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (108 stories). Plane crash was named in 42 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

Colombia

38 of its 95 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Bogota accounted for 32 of Colombia's 38 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Earthquake was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

56 of its 185 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Hunger was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sweden

92 of its 239 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 26 of Stockholm's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

14 of Riyadh's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Covid was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Cape Verde

12 of its 14 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 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: hunger in Azerbaijan (40 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Colombia (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Spain (60 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Malaysia (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 21,013 stories about harm among 112,923 counted on 17 Aug.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 112,923 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 17 August 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya74 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Senegal74 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan66 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice Palestine63 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti62 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US144 stories about protests or strikes, of its 796 Jaranwala Pakistan116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174 Hanoi Vietnam58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 165 Hollywood US53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 281 Delhi India30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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 readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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 readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sLaos: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little angrier 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 angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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

● Sweden about three times as fearful as the world's · 92 stories about harm ● Papua New Guinea few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 14 stories about harm ● Colombia few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 59 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Senegal about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 56 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 6,093 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 4,793 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 4,384 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,904 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,115 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 965 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 745 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 584 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 killed5,009 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,324 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,308 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured849 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Libya Stories reporting evacuations439 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions195 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees169 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced166 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill28 at about one and a half times 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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