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50,440 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Cairo (Egypt), violence in Kidal and rights and justice in Dakar drew the news. Mali's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSenegal 76 in 100 of its 127 stories, usually 43
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 53 in 100 of its stories, usually 48
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

Egypt

454 of its 813 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 187 of Cairo's 359 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Road crashes were named in 71 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

338 of its 381 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kidal accounted for 280 of Mali's 338 stories about harm, carried by 240 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (234 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Kidal stories →
Health

Venezuela

263 of its 476 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Mexico

791 of its 1,688 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 368 of Topo Chico's 404 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (459 stories). House fires were named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Cameroon

124 of its 158 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Ashigashiya accounted for 105 of Cameroon's 124 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Greece

252 of Athens' 349 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (188 stories). Snowstorms were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

197 of its 272 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Juba accounted for 143 of South Sudan's 197 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

44 of its 60 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

36 of its 82 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 15 of Manama's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Indonesia (138 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Colombia (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in Fiji (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (22 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hunger in Somalia (18 of its stories, about three 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 12 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 50,440 stories about harm among 247,537 counted on 12 Feb.

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In Indonesia's news, mentions of the tsunami ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 247,537 stories, as usual. Egypt's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 47%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali89 in 100 of its 381 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Cameroon78 in 100 of its 158 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen78 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 82 · mostly conflict & violence Senegal76 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Syria75 in 100 of its 3,304 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India377 stories about protests or strikes, of its 690 Washington US373 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2231 Topo Chico Mexico368 stories about protests or strikes, of its 404 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge US322 stories about protests or strikes, of its 393 Aleppo Syria264 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1548

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLebanon: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: 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'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'sEcuador: 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 readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as angry 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 fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLaos: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCape Verde: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: 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

● Bosnia few stories about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Mali about three times as angry as the world's · 338 stories about harm ● Cameroon about three times as angry as the world's · 124 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 793 stories about harm ● South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 197 stories about harm ● Belgium about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 51 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice36% 17,703 stories · much more than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence24% 11,899 stories · about as usual Health12% 5,830 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 5,658 stories · much less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,205 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 2,262 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,754 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,188 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 killed13,472 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,438 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,353 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,836 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees2,126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced804 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the Central African Republic Stories reporting abductions440 at about half the usual rate · most about India and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations224 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people falling ill115 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● Warmtha little more than 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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