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17,563 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to landslides in Guatemala, abductions in Italy and protests in Jerusalem (Israel). Italy's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCuba 61 in 100 of its 106 stories, usually 28
RegionEurope 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

23 of its 30 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Guatemala City accounted for 14 of Guatemala's 23 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Landslides were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → Guatemala City stories →
Health

Italy

208 of its 847 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Illness was named in 104 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 52 of Israel's 88 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 28 of Jerusalem's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Ireland

273 of its 1,171 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Power cuts were named in 18 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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Health

Jamaica

33 of its 117 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Dengue was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Libya

Derna accounted for 106 of Libya's 125 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Tsunami was named in 18 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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Conflict & violence

Russia

294 of its 914 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Portugal

11 of Caparica's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Wildfires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with covid.

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Protests & strikes

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 28 of Afghanistan's 57 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. 15 of Kabul's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in South Africa (35 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); wildfires in Portugal (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); dengue in Jamaica (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in Zimbabwe (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in Libya (18 of its stories, about 6 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 25 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 17,563 stories about harm among 98,584 counted on 25 Sep.

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Guatemala stood out: 77% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 98,584 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Guatemala's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. On 25 September 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya80 in 100 of its 156 stories · usually 78 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan68 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba61 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 28 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia60 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Syria60 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hollywood US130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 250 Washington US87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 465 London UK60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 352 Banjska 52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83 Delhi India32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 readKazakhstan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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 readCzech 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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 lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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 its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualHampshire, US -- health: 22 stories, carried by 27 outletsSwindon, UK -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 15 outletsBurbank, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBari, Italy -- health: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsSialkot, Pakistan -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 36 outletsNairobi, Kenya -- health: 38 stories, carried by 30 outletsGusau, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 51 stories, carried by 41 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 24 stories, carried by 14 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

● Hampshire US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories ● Swindon UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Burbank US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Bari Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Sialkot Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 27 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 5,671 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Rights & justice23% 3,893 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,734 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence12% 1,986 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 970 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 900 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 621 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 450 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 killed4,045 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,959 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,843 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,100 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees231 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions213 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced166 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations104 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Azerbaijan Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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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