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47,537 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Buenos Aires (Argentina), the hunger in Yemen and illness in Conakry. Yemen's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuinea 82 in 100 of its 90 stories, usually 30
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

Argentina

171 of its 377 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Buenos Aires accounted for 152 of Argentina's 171 stories about harm, carried by 158 outlets. 94 of Buenos Aires' 152 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (122 stories).

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

378 of its 427 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 80%. Sanaa accounted for 181 of Yemen's 378 stories about harm, carried by 238 outlets. Hunger was named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. 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.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Rights & justice

El Salvador

27 of its 42 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

El Salvador over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Ireland

614 of its 3,260 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 116 of Dublin's 210 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (23 stories). Hunger was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Azerbaijan

105 of its 322 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 23 of Baku's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (33 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Cameroon

70 of its 120 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Poland

170 of its 490 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Storms were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

142 of its 204 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Singapore

164 of its 776 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Hepatitis was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: meningitis in Malaysia (96 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Peru (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in Sri Lanka (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Zambia (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Bahamas (10 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 17 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 47,537 stories about harm among 254,202 counted on 17 Mar.

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Argentina stood out: 45% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 254,202 news stories 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 →

Yemen89 in 100 of its 427 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Côte d’Ivoire84 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Guinea82 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 30 · mostly health Tunisia73 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Sierra Leone71 in 100 of its 205 stories · usually 49 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US274 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1987 Chicago US205 stories about protests or strikes, of its 529 Ankara Türkiye142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1376 Brasilia Brazil134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Moscow Russia118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 485

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: 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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'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'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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'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'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'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 readJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: 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'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 readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'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'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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readGaza: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sKazakhstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrench Polynesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMaldives: coverage about twice 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

● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 170 stories about harm ● Egypt about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 399 stories about harm ● Cameroon about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Côte d’Ivoire about twice as fearful as the world's · 102 stories about harm ● Honduras about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 87 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 378 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice37% 17,151 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 10,046 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Health11% 5,218 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 4,996 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 3,557 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,243 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,966 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,488 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 killed13,643 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,702 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,641 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,230 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting refugees1,808 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced691 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions585 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations310 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill95 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 much 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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