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49,131 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at plane crash in Ecuador, violence in Brussels and protests in Skien (Norway). Norway's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Brazil →
Part of lifeRights & justice 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBelgium 74 in 100 of its 1,004 stories, usually 23
RegionEvery region about as usual
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 →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Ecuador

111 of its 161 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Pastaza accounted for 84 of Ecuador's 111 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (105 stories). Plane crash was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Pastaza stories →
Conflict & violence

Belgium

742 of its 1,004 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Brussels accounted for 700 of Belgium's 742 stories about harm, carried by 623 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (549 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories → Brussels stories →
Protests & strikes

Norway

223 of its 590 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 90 of Skien's 131 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (194 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Norway over 30 days → its stories → Skien stories →
Rights & justice

Congo

50 of its 73 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Côte d’Ivoire

362 of its 392 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Grand Bassam accounted for 284 of Côte d’Ivoire's 362 stories about harm, carried by 217 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

1,135 of its 2,930 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (407 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

North Korea

404 of its 1,234 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Pyongyang accounted for 384 of North Korea's 404 stories about harm, carried by 375 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (270 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Burundi

67 of its 78 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Bururi accounted for 52 of Burundi's 67 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

75 of its 225 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

972 of its 2,207 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (480 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: meningitis in Malaysia (96 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Peru (36 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); avalanche in New Zealand (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Brazil (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Poland (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 49,131 stories about harm among 261,097 counted on 16 Mar.

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In Ecuador, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Brazil. Mentions of meningitis ran about 4 times their usual in Malaysia's news. of the day's 261,097 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Côte d’Ivoire92 in 100 of its 392 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi86 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen83 in 100 of its 298 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia79 in 100 of its 192 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Belgium74 in 100 of its 1,004 stories · usually 23 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US467 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2051 Chicago US315 stories about protests or strikes, of its 576 Delhi India163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 470 Cleveland US111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 242 Athens Greece97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 278

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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: 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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'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. 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'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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 readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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: 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'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sJamaica: 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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readNew 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong 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'sCanada: 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'sBrunei: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sAzad 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'sVatican City: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: 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 about twice as angry as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than 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'sFrench Polynesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDominica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCape Verde: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Yemen about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 248 stories about harm ● Burundi about twice as angry as the world's · 67 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as fearful as the world's · 85 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,061 stories about harm ● Jordan about twice as fearful as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Nigeria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,135 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice36% 17,325 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence23% 11,177 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents11% 5,420 stories · about as usual Health11% 5,132 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,783 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,353 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 1,993 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,966 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 killed14,032 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,452 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,849 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced951 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Syria Stories reporting abductions587 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations321 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill221 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Brazil

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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