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44,680 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at the hunger in Yemen, protests in la Romana (Dominican Republic) and flooding in the UK. Yemen's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostPakistan 78 in 100 of its 5,212 stories, usually 37
RegionSouth Asia 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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

Yemen

306 of its 338 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 81%. Sanaa accounted for 149 of Yemen's 306 stories about harm, carried by 158 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (137 stories). Hunger was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Disasters & accidents

UK

1,521 of its 6,840 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (101 stories). Flooding was named in 250 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts, hurricane and measles.

UK over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

4,049 of its 5,212 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Lahore accounted for 3,299 of Pakistan's 4,049 stories about harm, carried by 1,725 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (2,570 stories). 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.

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Protests & strikes

Angola

72 of its 105 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Luanda accounted for 62 of Angola's 72 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. 48 of Luanda's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (30 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Algeria

120 of its 151 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (75 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 67 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

3,164 of its 3,959 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Brussels accounted for 3,126 of Belgium's 3,164 stories about harm, carried by 1,642 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (1,449 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Mali

57 of its 78 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. 10 of Bamako's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Azerbaijan

124 of its 263 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 38 of Baku's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Norway (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Algeria (67 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in South Korea (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Antarctica (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Thailand (26 of its stories, about 8 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 28 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 44,680 stories about harm among 204,614 counted on 28 Mar.

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In the Dominican Republic's news, mentions of HIV ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 204,614 stories, above the usual 20. Yemen's news was 91% about people being harmed, against a usual 81%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen91 in 100 of its 338 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence Belgium80 in 100 of its 3,959 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Algeria79 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Bosnia79 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan78 in 100 of its 5,212 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Brussels Belgium886 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3126 Lahore Pakistan802 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3299 Ramallah Palestine277 stories about protests or strikes, of its 294 Washington US225 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1548 Islamabad Pakistan224 stories about protests or strikes, of its 394

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: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: 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'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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican 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 readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: 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 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'sBulgaria: 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: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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 readArgentina: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sCrimea: 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: too little coverage to readAruba: 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 angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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'sArmenia: 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 angry 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

● France about twice as fearful as the world's · 483 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 4,049 stories about harm ● South Korea about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 145 stories about harm ● Algeria about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 120 stories about harm ● Yemen about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 306 stories about harm ● Bosnia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 44 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence34% 15,138 stories · much more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice32% 14,200 stories · less than usual (usually 35%) Disasters & accidents12% 5,327 stories · about as usual Health8% 3,361 stories · less than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,798 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,371 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 960 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 771 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 killed15,497 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,834 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Pakistan and Belgium Stories reporting arrests6,770 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Belgium and the US Stories reporting people affected3,890 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting refugees625 at about half the usual rate · most about Greece and the US Stories reporting abductions503 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced456 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations251 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Poland and the US Stories reporting people falling ill26 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon

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.

● Angerabout as 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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