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46,364 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Islamabad (Pakistan), illness in Tegucigalpa and violence in Baghdad. Iraq's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 41 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostHonduras 81 in 100 of its 63 stories, usually 32
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

900 of its 2,144 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 259 of Islamabad's 465 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Drownings were named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Health

Honduras

51 of its 63 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 38 of Honduras' 51 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tegucigalpa stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

1,105 of its 1,320 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Baghdad accounted for 848 of Iraq's 1,105 stories about harm, carried by 608 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

541 of its 2,403 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (237 stories). Tsunami was named in 312 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Japan over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Somalia

374 of its 447 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Mogadishu accounted for 200 of Somalia's 374 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (317 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

183 of its 223 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Sanaa accounted for 87 of Yemen's 183 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (95 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

780 of its 2,251 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (169 stories). Natural hazards were named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Congo

49 of its 66 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 4 of Brazzaville's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Indonesia

270 of its 641 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories). Heavy rain was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with road crashes.

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Rights & justice

Poland

125 of its 411 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Spain (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Nepal (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); meningitis in Sierra Leone (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in Sri Lanka (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in Denmark (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 46,364 stories about harm among 239,755 counted on 29 Feb.

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19 in every 100 of the day's 239,755 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq84 in 100 of its 1,320 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia84 in 100 of its 447 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen82 in 100 of its 223 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Honduras81 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 32 · mostly health Syria78 in 100 of its 1,966 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hollywood US2454 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3214 Jerusalem Israel319 stories about protests or strikes, of its 537 Athens Greece264 stories about protests or strikes, of its 362 Islamabad Pakistan259 stories about protests or strikes, of its 465 Boston US251 stories about protests or strikes, of its 582

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: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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'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'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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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'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: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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'sGeorgia: 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 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 readDominican 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong 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: too little coverage to readCanada: 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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: 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'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times 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 angry 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTogo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half 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 grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: 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 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 grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: 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

● Congo few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Iraq about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,105 stories about harm ● Burundi about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 90 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 374 stories about harm ● Denmark about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 165 stories about harm ● Pakistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 900 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice41% 18,780 stories · much more than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence22% 10,080 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents11% 4,850 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Health9% 4,243 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,841 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,865 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,616 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,219 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 killed12,865 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,785 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,177 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,237 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,783 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations516 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Japan and Iraq Stories reporting abductions501 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced364 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill196 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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 much 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.