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49,825 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Algiers, protests in Maputo (Mozambique) and the hunger in Sudan drew the news. Sudan'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.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan →
Part of lifeRights & justice 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostAlgeria 71 in 100 of its 118 stories, usually 24
RegionEast Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Algeria

84 of its 118 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Algiers accounted for 74 of Algeria's 84 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (75 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Protests & strikes

Mozambique

89 of its 107 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Maputo accounted for 53 of Mozambique's 89 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. 48 of Maputo's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Maputo stories →
Rights & justice

Sudan

186 of its 277 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Hunger was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Puerto Rico

146 of its 216 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Ebola was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Sierra Leone

108 of its 157 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Freetown accounted for 85 of Sierra Leone's 108 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,280 of its 2,029 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Jerusalem accounted for 828 of Israel's 1,280 stories about harm, carried by 424 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (438 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

South Sudan

351 of its 391 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Poland

193 of its 585 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

South Africa

552 of its 1,844 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (162 stories). Ebola was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

73 of its 157 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 9 of Oromo's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: meningitis in Malaysia (96 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storm surge in Marshall Islands (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Taiwan (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Indonesia (63 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drought in Peru (29 of its stories, more than ten 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 11 Mar. 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 49,825 stories about harm among 247,253 counted on 11 Mar.

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Algeria stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 247,253 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan90 in 100 of its 391 stories · usually 61 · mostly rights & justice Mozambique83 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Yemen81 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Honduras77 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Algeria71 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 24 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US451 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2067 Fayetteville US292 stories about protests or strikes, of its 313 Chicago US208 stories about protests or strikes, of its 335 Miami US188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 408 Florida Keys US177 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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 readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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'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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sHaiti: 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'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: 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'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: 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 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'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'sCameroon: 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'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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: 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'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'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: 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'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUruguay: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMoldova: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: 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'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little warmer 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

● Algeria about three times as angry as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Sudan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 186 stories about harm ● South Sudan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 351 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 143 stories about harm ● Sierra Leone about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 108 stories about harm ● Lebanon about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 79 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice37% 18,120 stories · more than usual (usually 34%) Conflict & violence22% 10,580 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents14% 6,880 stories · about as usual Health12% 5,681 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,116 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,754 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,563 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,175 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 killed13,632 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,553 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,386 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,137 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees1,340 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Greece and Türkiye Stories reporting evacuations761 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people displaced738 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions524 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill75 at about two-thirds of 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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