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53,476 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Sirte (Libya), violence in Kabul and the drought in Haiti drew the news. Haiti's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostFiji 88 in 100 of its 751 stories, usually 55
RegionOceania 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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

Libya

421 of its 499 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Sirte accounted for 214 of Libya's 421 stories about harm, carried by 192 outlets. 116 of Sirte's 214 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (240 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Sirte stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

456 of its 665 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Kabul accounted for 327 of Afghanistan's 456 stories about harm, carried by 261 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (45 stories). Train derailment was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Disasters & accidents

Haiti

93 of its 135 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 82 of Haiti's 93 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Drought was named in 81 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Rights & justice

Cuba

326 of its 720 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (102 stories). Chikungunya was named in 86 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with dengue. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Uganda

299 of its 539 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Kampala accounted for 222 of Uganda's 299 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. 135 of Kampala's 222 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (157 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

706 of its 1,137 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Pokhara accounted for 478 of Nepal's 706 stories about harm, carried by 342 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (366 stories). Landslides were named in 87 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

619 of its 1,767 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Extreme cold was named in 45 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.

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Disasters & accidents

Fiji

664 of its 751 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Dengue was named in 138 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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Health

Cambodia

178 of its 243 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (133 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 106 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Displacement

Greece

1,026 of its 1,576 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Athens accounted for 849 of Greece's 1,026 stories about harm, carried by 413 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (882 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: tuberculosis in Cambodia (106 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Chile (68 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Netherlands (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Niger (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Fiji (138 of its stories, about 9 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 24 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 53,476 stories about harm among 264,219 counted on 24 Feb.

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In Haiti's news, mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 264,219 stories, as usual. Libya's news was 84% about people being harmed, against a usual 67%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Fiji88 in 100 of its 751 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Libya84 in 100 of its 499 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia73 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 39 · mostly health Yemen72 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi72 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 80 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India372 stories about protests or strikes, of its 743 Washington US272 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1970 Tel Aviv Israel159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 330 Jerusalem Israel157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 668 New Orleans US154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 989

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readU.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 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: 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 readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: 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: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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'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 readEstonia: 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. 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'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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'sBelgium: 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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than 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'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGrenada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahamas: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: 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 one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiechtenstein: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Chile about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 110 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as angry as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,374 stories about harm ● Haiti about twice as fearful as the world's · 93 stories about harm ● Bahamas about twice as fearful as the world's · 67 stories about harm ● South Korea about twice as angry as the world's · 195 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 17,378 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 11,161 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents17% 8,696 stories · about as usual Health12% 6,431 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,373 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,291 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,889 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,148 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 killed16,197 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,716 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,904 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,940 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees2,199 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions692 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced532 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Sudan Stories reporting evacuations343 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill71 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and France

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
● Griefa little less than 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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