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29,880 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Lahore, people injured in the UK and protests in Athens (Greece) drew the news. Pakistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 41 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostPakistan 69 in 100 of its 2,864 stories, usually 35
RegionEurope 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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

Pakistan

1,970 of its 2,864 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Lahore accounted for 1,395 of Pakistan's 1,970 stories about harm, carried by 1,079 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,370 stories). Earthquake was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Lahore stories →
Rights & justice

UK

984 of its 5,025 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (80 stories). Storms were named in 81 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, measles and rubella. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

UK over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Greece

74 of Athens' 122 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Flooding was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

75 of its 256 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (56 stories). Oil spill was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Belgium

3,532 of its 4,358 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Brussels accounted for 3,484 of Belgium's 3,532 stories about harm, carried by 1,882 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (1,290 stories). Drought was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

82 of its 93 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Bamako accounted for 63 of Mali's 82 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

South Korea

208 of its 487 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ireland

523 of its 1,347 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Dublin accounted for 465 of Ireland's 523 stories about harm, carried by 467 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (397 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Austria

49 of its 86 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Vienna accounted for 43 of Austria's 49 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Italy

289 of its 793 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (36 stories). 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: drownings in Philippines (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Somalia (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); helicopter crash in Algeria (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Kashmir (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Japan (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 29,880 stories about harm among 130,829 counted on 27 Mar.

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23 in every 100 of the day's 130,829 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. This week the news turned most often to Belgium, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen92 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence Mali88 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Syria83 in 100 of its 1,733 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Belgium81 in 100 of its 4,358 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia74 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Brussels Belgium877 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3484 Lahore Pakistan169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1395 Jerusalem Israel156 stories about protests or strikes, of its 469 Palmyra Syria148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 580 Washington US129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 691

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIran: 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 readGuinea: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: too little coverage to readBahrain: 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'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than 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'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than 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'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

● Pakistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,970 stories about harm ● Yemen about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 140 stories about harm ● Mali about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Honduras few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 18 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 182 stories about harm ● Bosnia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 37 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence41% 11,982 stories · much more than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice31% 9,055 stories · less than usual (usually 35%) Disasters & accidents10% 3,095 stories · about as usual Health7% 1,934 stories · less than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,642 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 824 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 649 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 348 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 killed11,163 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Belgium and the US Stories reporting people injured4,913 at about twice the usual rate · most about Belgium and Pakistan Stories reporting arrests4,224 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Belgium and the US Stories reporting people affected2,470 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting refugees602 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Greece and Syria Stories reporting abductions419 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Cameroon Stories reporting people displaced230 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iraq and Israel Stories reporting evacuations209 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill27 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Turkmenistan

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 one and a half times 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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