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42,371 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Mexico City (Mexico), a disaster in Tsao Wei-Ling and violence in Kaolack drew the news. Senegal's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostTaiwan 83 in 100 of its 1,220 stories, usually 29
RegionEast Asia 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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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Protests & strikes

Mexico

560 of its 1,361 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 88 of Mexico City's 103 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (113 stories). Outbreaks were named in 269 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with norovirus, plague and dengue. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories → Mexico City stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

1,016 of its 1,220 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tsao Wei-Ling accounted for 407 of Taiwan's 1,016 stories about harm, carried by 374 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (916 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Tsao Wei-Ling stories →
Conflict & violence

Senegal

119 of its 155 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kaolack accounted for 104 of Senegal's 119 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Kaolack stories →
Rights & justice

Tanzania

99 of its 237 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Tanzania over 30 days → its stories →
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Rights & justice

Thailand

275 of its 676 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Food poisoning was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Cambodia

100 of its 191 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ireland

502 of its 1,994 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (175 stories). Storm surge was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Spain

248 of its 1,097 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (150 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

124 of its 350 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Czechia

94 of its 248 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Papua New Guinea (26 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in South Sudan (31 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); illness in Sierra Leone (28 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Egypt (94 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); hiv in Malawi (22 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 Feb. 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 42,371 stories about harm among 211,991 counted on 8 Feb.

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Mentions of outbreaks ran more than ten times their usual in Mexico's news. of the day's 211,991 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Mexico stood out: 41% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso92 in 100 of its 322 stories · usually 93 · mostly conflict & violence Taiwan83 in 100 of its 1,220 stories · usually 29 · mostly disasters & accidents Senegal77 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence Syria77 in 100 of its 1,650 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye77 in 100 of its 1,945 stories · usually 63 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1581 Aleppo Syria182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 763 Edremit Türkiye170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 229 Cairo Egypt150 stories about protests or strikes, of its 305 Athens Greece150 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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: 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'sLaos: 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'sJapan: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: 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: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer 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 a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNauru: coverage a little angrier 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

● Czechia about three times as fearful as the world's · 94 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 391 stories about harm ● Senegal about twice as fearful as the world's · 119 stories about harm ● Indonesia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 127 stories about harm ● Cambodia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 100 stories about harm ● Egypt about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 379 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 11,249 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence22% 9,167 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents20% 8,273 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health13% 5,335 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,094 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,115 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,489 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 900 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 killed12,910 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,070 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,377 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured4,161 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees2,322 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Syria Stories reporting abductions531 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Burkina Faso and the US Stories reporting people displaced483 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill239 at about twice the usual rate · most about Mexico and the US Stories reporting evacuations215 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the Czechia and Malaysia

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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