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30,328 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Brussels, protests in Seoul (South Korea) and people injured in Egypt. Egypt's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Angola →
Part of lifeRights & justice 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAlbania 67 in 100 of its 92 stories, usually 17
RegionCentral Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Belgium

3,767 of its 4,831 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Brussels accounted for 3,728 of Belgium's 3,767 stories about harm, carried by 1,798 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (1,276 stories). Plane crash was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

South Korea

146 of its 531 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 30 of Seoul's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Wildfires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories → Seoul stories →
Rights & justice

Egypt

175 of its 349 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (51 stories). Road crashes were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Italy

223 of its 773 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (36 stories). Drownings were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with flooding. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Cambodia

338 of its 523 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Mondulkiri accounted for 227 of Cambodia's 338 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (170 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

72 of its 212 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (40 stories). Oil spill was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Health

Angola

22 of its 40 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Dengue was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Israel

660 of its 1,071 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Jerusalem accounted for 422 of Israel's 660 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (103 stories).

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Protests & strikes

China

462 of its 2,162 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 116 of Beijing's 168 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (94 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: dengue in Angola (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Somalia (26 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tuberculosis in South Africa (29 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Jamaica (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Chile (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 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 26 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 30,328 stories about harm among 141,047 counted on 26 Mar.

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Angola's news mentioned the dengue more than ten times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 141,047 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Angola. the news turned to Belgium for the second day running. Belgium's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 72%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen88 in 100 of its 222 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence Bosnia83 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Belgium78 in 100 of its 4,831 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Syria75 in 100 of its 934 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia70 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 862 Brussels Belgium175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3728 Jerusalem Israel162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 422 Hyderabad India129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194 Phoenix US125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 171

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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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'sSweden: 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'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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'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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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'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'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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sTonga: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: 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

● Bosnia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Belgium about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 3,767 stories about harm ● Vietnam about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 175 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 195 stories about harm ● Algeria few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 26 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice37% 10,960 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence34% 10,129 stories · much more than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents9% 2,768 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Health8% 2,381 stories · less than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,625 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 958 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 710 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 480 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 killed10,177 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,665 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Belgium and the US Stories reporting people injured3,335 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Belgium and the US Stories reporting people affected2,973 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees624 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Greece and Belgium Stories reporting abductions481 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced449 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Cambodia and Israel Stories reporting evacuations137 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people falling ill116 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Angola

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
● Griefa little more than usual
● Feara little more than 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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