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The hunger in Yemen, people displaced in Lebanon and protests in Bolivar (Venezuela) drew the news. Venezuela's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBelgium 71 in 100 of its 864 stories, usually 18
RegionEurope 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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Conflict & violence

Yemen

281 of its 327 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Hajja accounted for 119 of Yemen's 281 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Hunger was named in 65 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Hajja stories →
Displacement

Lebanon

238 of its 432 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (114 stories). Heavy rain was named in 11 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.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

164 of its 286 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 60 of Bolivar's 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (107 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Bolivar stories →
Rights & justice

Norway

383 of its 754 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (340 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Norway over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Belgium

610 of its 864 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Brussels accounted for 596 of Belgium's 610 stories about harm, carried by 578 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (462 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Displacement

North Macedonia

386 of its 497 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Drownings were named in 129 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Côte d’Ivoire

301 of its 325 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Abidjan accounted for 281 of Côte d’Ivoire's 301 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Algeria

75 of its 130 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Algiers accounted for 65 of Algeria's 75 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Thailand

319 of its 847 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (182 stories). Food poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with poisoning.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

79 of its 225 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in North Macedonia (129 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Greece (110 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Angola (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Vietnam (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Bangladesh (40 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 15 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 49,835 stories about harm among 258,036 counted on 15 Mar.

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Mentions of drownings ran about three times their usual in North Macedonia's news. of the day's 258,036 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. Yemen stood out: 86% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 79%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Côte d’Ivoire93 in 100 of its 325 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen86 in 100 of its 327 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence North Macedonia78 in 100 of its 497 stories · usually 56 · mostly displacement Iraq76 in 100 of its 532 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Libya76 in 100 of its 249 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chicago US588 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1260 Washington US313 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1636 Moscow Russia310 stories about protests or strikes, of its 983 Raqqa Syria216 stories about protests or strikes, of its 322 Delhi India133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 373

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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'sUkraine: 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'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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 readNorth 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'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: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: 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'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'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'sAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: 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

● Venezuela about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 164 stories about harm ● Côte d’Ivoire about twice as angry as the world's · 301 stories about harm ● Algeria about twice as angry as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 281 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,429 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 193 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 16,692 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence26% 12,647 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 5,652 stories · about as usual Health10% 5,105 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,117 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,277 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,183 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,158 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 killed14,203 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,918 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,808 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,490 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees2,278 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced1,165 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Russia Stories reporting abductions496 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Palestine and the US Stories reporting evacuations254 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill39 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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The words in the day's stories were about as 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.