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48,950 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Monrovia (Liberia), violence in Kabul and deaths in Tegucigalpa drew the news. Afghanistan's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBosnia 97 in 100 of its 219 stories, usually 37
RegionSouth Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Liberia

144 of its 219 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Monrovia accounted for 119 of Liberia's 144 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. 111 of Monrovia's 119 stories were about protests or strikes. Outbreaks were named in 131 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Liberia over 30 days → its stories → Monrovia stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

1,109 of its 1,273 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Kabul accounted for 578 of Afghanistan's 1,109 stories about harm, carried by 468 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (822 stories). Storms were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Honduras

229 of its 275 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 217 of Honduras' 229 stories about harm, carried by 210 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (224 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tegucigalpa stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

154 of its 252 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Yangon accounted for 107 of Myanmar's 154 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Bosnia

212 of its 219 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Srebrenica accounted for 202 of Bosnia's 212 stories about harm, carried by 190 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (164 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

49 of its 88 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Burundi

58 of its 69 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. 3 of Bujumbura's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Peru

64 of its 183 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 22 of Lima's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (30 stories).

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Rights & justice

Argentina

61 of its 196 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Greece

284 of its 691 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 118 of Athens' 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (70 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: extreme cold in Ireland (174 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in South Korea (57 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in Fiji (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Hungary (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 Feb. 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 48,950 stories about harm among 249,635 counted on 6 Feb.

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In Liberia, 66% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. Liberia's news mentioned outbreaks about three times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 7 February 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. of the day's 249,635 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia97 in 100 of its 219 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan87 in 100 of its 1,273 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi84 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Honduras83 in 100 of its 275 stories · usually 48 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Syria74 in 100 of its 1,017 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US451 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2428 Lagos Nigeria177 stories about protests or strikes, of its 271 Aleppo Syria177 stories about protests or strikes, of its 424 Kabul Afghanistan155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 578 Bucharest Romania147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 151

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: 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSierra Leone: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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'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: 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'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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'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'sGhana: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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: 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 readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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'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'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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 readAntigua & 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Yemen about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 135 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,109 stories about harm ● Ukraine about three times as angry as the world's · 268 stories about harm ● Bosnia about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 212 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 21 stories about harm ● Uganda about twice as fearful as the world's · 124 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 15,228 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence20% 9,800 stories · about as usual Health18% 8,803 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 7,047 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,571 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,126 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,499 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 885 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 killed12,599 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,515 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,497 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,386 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees2,014 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions634 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced490 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations309 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Greece and China Stories reporting people falling ill38 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as 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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