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The news turned to protests in la Macarena (Colombia), the drought in Mongolia and violence in Sofia. Bulgaria's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMongolia 69 in 100 of its 86 stories, usually 9
RegionSoutheast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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

Colombia

151 of its 266 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 55 of la Macarena's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (120 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → La Macarena stories →
Shelter & services

Mongolia

59 of its 86 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Bayankhongor accounted for 52 of Mongolia's 59 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories). Drought was named in 54 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Mongolia over 30 days → its stories → Bayankhongor stories →
Conflict & violence

Bulgaria

169 of its 353 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Sofia accounted for 160 of Bulgaria's 169 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bulgaria over 30 days → its stories → Sofia stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

314 of its 503 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (92 stories). Plane crash was named in 88 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Somalia

357 of its 413 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Mogadishu accounted for 301 of Somalia's 357 stories about harm, carried by 291 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (262 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Mali

71 of its 89 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Kidal accounted for 57 of Mali's 71 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Georgia

56 of its 83 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Tbilisi accounted for 45 of Georgia's 56 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. 43 of Tbilisi's 45 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Protests & strikes

DR Congo

35 of its 41 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 7 of Kikwit's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Ebola was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with outbreaks and haemorrhagic fever.

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Rights & justice

Gibraltar

25 of its 46 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Vietnam

243 of its 631 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (192 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in DR Congo (29 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); snowstorms in Antarctica (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Kashmir (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Norway (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 50,744 stories about harm among 255,955 counted on 26 Feb.

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Mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual in Mongolia's news. of the day's 255,955 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Colombia stood out: 57% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 50%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia86 in 100 of its 413 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen83 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Mali80 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 70 · mostly rights & justice Burundi78 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Syria77 in 100 of its 2,441 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hesston US415 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2581 Jerusalem Israel335 stories about protests or strikes, of its 628 Athens Greece240 stories about protests or strikes, of its 456 Tehran Iran238 stories about protests or strikes, of its 335 Washington US204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1495

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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'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'sUkraine: 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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'sFiji: 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'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readFaroe 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as warm as 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'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreenland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPitcairn: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNauru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGibraltar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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

● Azerbaijan about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 94 stories about harm ● Bulgaria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 169 stories about harm ● Colombia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 151 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 357 stories about harm ● Mali about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Uganda about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 177 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 16,911 stories · more than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence26% 13,142 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents12% 5,776 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Health11% 5,259 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,643 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,077 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,604 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,492 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 killed16,679 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,896 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,722 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people affected5,711 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,325 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Greece and Germany Stories reporting people displaced615 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions596 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations271 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Fiji and the US Stories reporting people falling ill100 at about the usual rate

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.

● 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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