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58,100 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Brussels, protests in Havana (Cuba) and people killed in Argentina. Belgium's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Belgium and the US →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostBelgium 83 in 100 of its 15,112 stories, usually 45
RegionEurope 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

12,609 of its 15,112 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Brussels accounted for 12,486 of Belgium's 12,609 stories about harm, carried by 3,590 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (378 stories). Earthquake was named in 210 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami and gas explosion. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Cuba

1,352 of its 3,941 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 596 of Havana's 1,034 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Ebola was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with cholera.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Rights & justice

Argentina

101 of its 303 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (80 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

206 of its 796 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Mali

301 of its 338 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Bamako accounted for 277 of Mali's 301 stories about harm, carried by 276 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (136 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Senegal

65 of its 108 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Dakar accounted for 62 of Senegal's 65 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Burundi

74 of its 84 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Bujumbura accounted for 58 of Burundi's 74 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. 36 of Bujumbura's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Poland

89 of its 268 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 30 of Warsaw's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken 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

France

930 of its 2,595 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (273 stories). Heatwave was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

243 of its 581 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Dengue was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Papua New Guinea (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Indonesia (80 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Bangladesh (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in China (59 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in India (116 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 58,100 stories about harm among 252,173 counted on 22 Mar.

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In Papua New Guinea's news, mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Belgium and the US. 23 in every 100 of the day's 252,173 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. In Belgium, 83% of the news was about people being harmed, where 45% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali89 in 100 of its 338 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi88 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 69 · mostly rights & justice Central African Republic87 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Guinea84 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 63 · mostly health Belgium83 in 100 of its 15,112 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Havana Cuba596 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1034 Washington US444 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2005 Brussels Belgium358 stories about protests or strikes, of its 12486 Jerusalem Israel165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 505 Jakarta Indonesia125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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'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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão 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'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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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'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'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLibya: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Polynesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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 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: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong 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'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'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuinea: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: 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'sAfghanistan: 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Senegal about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 65 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as angry as the world's · 301 stories about harm ● Burundi about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 74 stories about harm ● Guinea about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 127 stories about harm ● Tunisia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 75 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence38% 21,897 stories · much more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice27% 15,741 stories · much less than usual (usually 35%) Disasters & accidents9% 5,276 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Health9% 4,995 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,848 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,340 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,127 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,031 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 killed25,055 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Belgium and the US Stories reporting people injured9,314 at about twice the usual rate · most about Belgium and the US Stories reporting arrests5,769 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,211 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,315 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Greece and China Stories reporting evacuations580 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Belgium and the US Stories reporting people displaced486 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions408 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill76 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout one and a half times 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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