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58,946 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Srebrenica (Bosnia), people injured in France and people displaced in Ghana drew the news. Bosnia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostArgentina 54 in 100 of its 1,304 stories, usually 20
RegionEurope 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Protests & strikes

Bosnia

97 of its 109 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Srebrenica accounted for 74 of Bosnia's 97 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. 58 of Srebrenica's 74 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Srebrenica stories →
Conflict & violence

France

834 of its 2,479 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (349 stories). Hepatitis was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Ghana

207 of its 844 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Ghana over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Spain

186 of its 964 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (126 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Mali

87 of its 114 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Bamako accounted for 62 of Mali's 87 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Argentina

709 of its 1,304 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Buenos Aires accounted for 663 of Argentina's 709 stories about harm, carried by 591 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (271 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Vietnam

211 of its 563 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 104 of Hanoi's 144 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (123 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Burundi

83 of its 95 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Bujumbura accounted for 68 of Burundi's 83 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

238 of its 646 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

9,973 of its 13,524 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Brussels accounted for 9,838 of Belgium's 9,973 stories about harm, carried by 3,206 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Yemen (92 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in South Korea (30 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (44 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); storms in Zimbabwe (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in China (90 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 58,946 stories about harm among 258,670 counted on 23 Mar.

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Yemen's news mentioned the hunger about 5 times as often as usual. Bosnia's news was 89% about people being harmed, against a usual 46%. of the day's 258,670 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia89 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Burundi87 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen82 in 100 of its 613 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Mali76 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Syria74 in 100 of its 1,077 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Brussels Belgium570 stories about protests or strikes, of its 9838 Washington US307 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2537 Buenos Aires Argentina271 stories about protests or strikes, of its 663 Hyderabad India262 stories about protests or strikes, of its 285 Charlotte US241 stories about protests or strikes, of its 287

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'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'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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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 readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: 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 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'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'sMalta: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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'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 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'sChad: 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'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: 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: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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 angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little angrier than 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'sGuinea: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEstonia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAngola: 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'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little warmer than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Burundi about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● Bosnia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 238 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 502 stories about harm ● Guinea about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 73 stories about harm ● Belgium about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 9,973 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence38% 22,033 stories · much more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice30% 17,474 stories · less than usual (usually 35%) Disasters & accidents9% 5,460 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Health8% 4,505 stories · less than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,777 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,928 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,744 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,099 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 killed23,344 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Belgium and the US Stories reporting people injured9,020 at about twice the usual rate · most about Belgium and the US Stories reporting arrests6,292 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,019 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Belgium Stories reporting refugees1,110 at about half the usual rate · most about Greece and the US Stories reporting people displaced620 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions584 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations516 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill33 at about a third 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 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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