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16,724 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to a disaster in Abyan, people killed in Japan and protests in Islamabad (Pakistan). Yemen's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK →
Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostHaiti 86 in 100 of its 83 stories, usually 52
RegionEast Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Yemen

22 of its 29 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Abyan accounted for 14 of Yemen's 22 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Abyan stories →
Conflict & violence

Japan

204 of its 851 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (88 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Japan over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

41 of Islamabad's 80 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Polio was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with train derailment, tuberculosis and hepatitis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Rights & justice

Haiti

71 of its 83 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Kenscoff accounted for 52 of Haiti's 71 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (47 stories).

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Kenscoff stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Romania

59 of its 169 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories). Illness was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Brazil

107 of its 329 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 43 of Brasilia's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (34 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

32 of its 92 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

55 of its 118 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Beirut accounted for 41 of Lebanon's 55 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 96 of Bangladesh's 138 stories about harm, carried by 197 outlets. 61 of Dhaka's 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

15 of its 18 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in Romania (27 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in Vietnam (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Russia (43 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Hong Kong (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in India (164 of its stories, about 4 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 5 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 16,724 stories about harm among 89,212 counted on 5 Aug.

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In Vietnam's news, mentions of the heatwave ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 89,212 stories, as usual. It was the third day running that the news turned to Yemen. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. Yemen stood out: 76% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 47%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti86 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Sudan73 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Israel64 in 100 of its 1,071 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda54 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan50 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 579 Dhaka Bangladesh61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 96 Tel Aviv Israel57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 London UK50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236 Chicago US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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 lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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 lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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 lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: 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 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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 readTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualBrighton, UK -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsLancaster County, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 45 outletsOttawa, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 32 outletsSpringfield, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsMontreal, Canada -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsLahore, Pakistan -- rights & justice: 40 stories, carried by 33 outletsCastlebar, Ireland -- shelter & services: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsKigali, Rwanda -- displacement: 19 stories, carried by 41 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

● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Brighton UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Lancaster County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Ottawa Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories ● Springfield US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Montreal Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 4,535 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice26% 4,314 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents21% 3,435 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence11% 1,821 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 870 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 618 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 479 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 335 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 killed4,135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,009 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,683 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured821 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions421 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Haiti Stories reporting people displaced181 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations168 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill45 at about three 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 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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