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51,330 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Kampala (Uganda), violence in Ankara and people affected in Ukraine. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostAustria 71 in 100 of its 608 stories, usually 30
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 48
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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Protests & strikes

Uganda

620 of its 1,032 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kampala accounted for 548 of Uganda's 620 stories about harm, carried by 371 outlets. 331 of Kampala's 548 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

1,720 of its 2,446 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Ankara accounted for 1,277 of Türkiye's 1,720 stories about harm, carried by 532 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Building collapse was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Ankara stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Ukraine

214 of its 505 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (108 stories). Polio was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

128 of its 234 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Cyclone was named in 115 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms, storm surge and typhoon.

Fiji over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Tunisia

304 of its 331 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tunis accounted for 238 of Tunisia's 304 stories about harm, carried by 289 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (279 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

259 of its 304 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Dinka accounted for 140 of South Sudan's 259 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (175 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Poland

147 of its 530 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (79 stories). Tropical storm was named in 18 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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Rights & justice

Angola

166 of its 290 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (143 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Cameroon

207 of its 241 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (180 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Guinea

30 of its 42 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Ebola was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: dengue in Thailand (172 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Guinea (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Peru (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Bhutan (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Sweden (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 51,330 stories about harm among 249,503 counted on 19 Feb.

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The news turned to Uganda for the second day running. 21 in every 100 of the day's 249,503 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Fiji's news, mentions of the cyclone ran about 4 times their usual. Uganda stood out: 60% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 39%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tunisia92 in 100 of its 331 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Cameroon86 in 100 of its 241 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan85 in 100 of its 304 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Libya80 in 100 of its 821 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Central African Republic77 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India559 stories about protests or strikes, of its 873 Birzeit Palestine408 stories about protests or strikes, of its 440 Jerusalem Israel399 stories about protests or strikes, of its 693 Washington US381 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1855 Kampala Uganda331 stories about protests or strikes, of its 548

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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 readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão 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'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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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 readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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 readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTogo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier 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'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAruba: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Cameroon about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 207 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as fearful as the world's · 214 stories about harm ● Angola about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 166 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 1,720 stories about harm ● South Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 259 stories about harm ● Tunisia about twice as angry as the world's · 304 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 17,588 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence25% 12,819 stories · about as usual Health12% 5,808 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 5,379 stories · much less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,502 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,990 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,742 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,502 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 killed16,637 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,314 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,098 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,856 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees2,084 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced742 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions462 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations152 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Fiji Stories reporting people falling ill70 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye

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.

● Angera little more than 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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